Bag holder



Patented @et 2l, 1924.

JOHN FRANKLIN HARRISON, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

BAG nonnen..

Application filed October 16,` E23.

To all who/m, t may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN FRANKLIN HAR- RIsoN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing' in the city of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful "improvements in Bag Holders, of which the follow-y ing isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in` bag holders, such as those used to hang up cloth bags, and the objects of my invention are: First, to simplify the construction of holders of this class thereby enabling me to reduce cost of manufacture, and -to permit the holder to be associated'with the bag very readily. Second, to construct a holder which will permit the bag to occupy the minimum amount of space, and yet be in a convenient position for use. to so form the coupling means for the ends of the holders as to relieve the same of all distorting strains, and thereby enabling me to further economize in cost of construction in that the holder can be made of lighter gauge wire than any of those l am acquainted with. Fourth, to construct the coupling means for the ends of the holder which, while permitting the said ends to be uncoupled will preventv the accidental uncoupling of said ends, and fth, to provide a holder of the class set forth which will be flexibly-held by its support so that in normal position, the front portion of the holder will rest against the back of the bag' and thus in effect close the mouth of the bag and so hide the'contents thereof from view.

The construction of my holder will be hereinafter more particularly described and what l claim as new will be set forth in the claim forming part of this specification.

Fig. l is a side elevation of my holder, and Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof. Fig. 3 is a front view of portion of a cloth bag associated with my holder, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a cloth bag showing my holder in dotted lines in different positions.

ln the drawings, like characters of reference refer to the same parts. A

l have particularly designed my holder to support a cloth bag adapted to temporarily house soiled clothing, and from close observation l have found that to-day economy in space is very essential and therefore Third,

Serial No. 668,961.

l have designed my bagholder sovthat-when not in use the same willy occupy very 'little space, and at the same time the contents of the cloth bag will be lvhidden from view.

Several bag holders with which l am acquainted are coupled permanentlyY to the wall and consequently they project a considerable distance therebeyond even when'- notin use, and therefore such bag holders 'l' not only occupy unnecessaryy space, but they also hold the mouth of the bag insuch posi-v tion that the contents thereof are readily visible, and furthermore 'provide for the unobstructed entry of dust into the bag.

Although l have particularly designed my holder to be used to support a bag made of cloth or any other suitable flexiblematerial, particularly for indoor use, l find that the holder can be used to support a bagv used in picking small fruit and vegetables, The holder may readily be strapped to the waist, and because of the normal position of this holder, in effectthe mouth of the bag is closed, and consequently in case the fruit picker should stumble, there is not as much likelihood of fruit lspilling out of the bag as would be thecase were the holderpermanently held in an open position. i

The normal position of the holder will permit the fruit picker, for example, to pass through shrubbery with the minimum obstruction offered by said holder.

Although l have shown the holder flattened, or more or less rectangular in form, the shape, broadly speaking, is immaterial.

The holder A is made of wire of the desired gauge, and at one end of this piece of wire is formed an eye B, which eye occupies substantially the same plane as the holder, as is clearly shown in Figs. l and 2. The other end of the piece of wire is bent at an acute angle to the plane of the holder, as at l, and then further bent to form a hook C, which hook occupies the position more or less at right angle to the eye B. This bending of the wire at I is done to permit the eye B to remain -in the plane of the holder after the hook C is coupled therewith. Now in order to coup-le the said ends together, the holder must be flexed, and this flexing must occur when the said ends are uncoupled.

The end D of the hook C is preferably longer than the diameter of the opening through the eye B, and consequently the end D will come in contact with the side of the eye B and so prevent accidental uncoupling.

The bag E is provided in any usual way with a hem F, and an opening G to permit the holder to be threaded through said hem and the ends of the holder coupled together.

The normal positions of the holder A and bag are shown in full lines in Fig. e, when the eye B is mounted on a. nail or other support I-I driven into the wall or door. In this position, the weight of the holder moves the mouth of the bag into the position shown in Fig. 4 and in effect closesthe mouth and so hides the contents ot the bag from view.

In order to place articles in the bag, the bag and its holder are moved into the dotted position shown in Fig. 4t and during such movement obviously the holder A, together with the major portion of the hem F describe a vertically-diposed arc aroiuid the support or tulcrum H substantially at right angles to the surface or" the wall or other support for the fulcrum, and when the said holder is released by the hand, the same will travel under the iniuence of gravity through the same path, back to normal position.

rIhe eye B obviously will be positioned midway the length of the holder A, so when the holder` and its associated bag are supported on the nail H, the weight of the article will be substantially equally distributed on each side of the holder.

Sutlicient has been set forth. to show that no distorting strain will be exerted against the eye B, since the said eye permits the holder A to be moved freely within a considerable angle using the pin or nail I-I as a Julcrum.

While I prefer to make the end D of the hook C longer than the diameter of the opening through the eye B, it must be bag and through exterior blows thereagainst, my holder is entirely free of damage from such causes.

While 'I have Vdescribed and illustrated my preferred form of construction, this is merely for the purpose ot' illustrating a holder having the movement before-mentioned.

l/Vhat I claim is:

Iny a device of the type described, the

combination with a bag holder comprising a body portion formed 'from a single piece of wire bent into a form to correspond with the open mouth of a bag and having` an eye formed by one end of said wireV which is entirely positioned Within the same plane as that occupied by the said body portion, the other end of said wire being formed into a hook for being coupled with or uncoupled from said eye withthe said hook occupying an angular position in respect to said eye and having its end made longer than the diameter of the opening of said eye, of an element adapted to engage said eye 'for supporting said body portion in such a manner that the latter will normally depend, due to the :torce of gravity, from said element and will be permitted to be swung into a substantially horizontally eX- tending position.

JOHN FRANKLIN HARRISON. 

